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The Russellville Democrat., 1887-02-23

Ark, arrived here some time since
The boys all have their heads uE
and are well pleased. Mr.. J. c,
Owens, also from Appleton, Ark.
married one of the bellies of Lime
stone county, Texas. May they live
long and be prosperous.
Mr.. w. L. Richardson, of Apple
ton, is here going to school-he Is
doing not only well but very well,
We (wife and ! have fine school.
We have made reputation fast out
here We like the people, the school
system, and the country, too. Our
children of school age received from
the state for this school year, six
dollars and twenty cents per capita
in cash; and, what is better, 1T comes
from permanent school fund, not
from tax on the people. Our taxes
are light. The standard of educa-
tion is very high here; and that too
with little demand for End and 3rd
grade teachers, and no demand what
ever for 1.-TWO BITS" teachers. The
children here are refined and intelli-
gent.
This has been dry winter here
enough rain for farming, but stock
water is becoming scarce.
We read the correspondence to the
DEMOCRAT with much pleasure, es-
pecially those scattered over the
Star state. Let us have them IN
abundance.
Hoping the DEMOCRAT, with all OF
its and our friends, long, useful,
and happy life, beg to subscribe
my self, my dear sir, yours as usual,
N. w. KUHN.
The Russellville Democrat., 1887-02-23
THIRTEENTH YEAR.---NO. 5.
The Arkansas Legislature.
nj oNDAY, Feb. |
SENATE


Senate bill No. 205. a bill to Gre
ate the Fourteenth judicial' circuit
was taken up under special order
and read third time. The bill failed
to passages 10, noes IA.
Senate bill No. 80, bill to provide
the directors of school districts with
poll books.
Senator Fletcher, the introducer
of the bill, showed that frequently
the school districts fail to get the
special tax voted on account Of irreg-
ularities in holding the elections.
To avoid these irregularities he
showed that regular form of poll
books should be provided. He urg-
ed the passage of the bill. 1t pass
ed--aJ es 20, noes /.
Senate bill No. AZ, bill to repeal
an act to confirm and make valid GER
tain sales made by the state of swamp
and overflowed lands. Senator Gran
dali explained the reason for intro
ducing the bill and urged its pass
age. The bill failed to passages
8, noes 26.
The Russellville Democrat., 1887-02-23

bill until Saturday morning Lost
Ayes, s. noes, 10.
On motion Of Senator Strayton the
bill was postponed to 2 p. m. Thurs
day and 200 copies ordered printed.
Senator Simmons offered concur
ent resolution that the legislature
adjourn ON the 10th day Of March.
Senator Mcconnell stated that
there is no need for this resolution
as that is the day to adjourn by
law. He therefore moved to lay it
on the table. Carried.
Senate bill No. 202, bill for the
better protection Of game and birds
in the state of Arkansas, read third
time.
Senator Baxter urged the passage
Of the bill without further debate.
Senator Copeland asked for ex-
planation regarding the right to de
clare the game the property of the
state and the killing of it a privi-
Iege.
Senator Byrne explained that IN
order for the state to regulate the
killing of game, it must be the
property Of the state; and If the
property of the state, then the kill
ing is privilege.
Senator Copeland asked: "That
if it's the property of the state
would | not Law myself liable to III
dictmeut for taking possession of
that property and converting it to
my own user
Senator Byrne thought not.
Senator Hammons thought the
bill an effort to establish right
that would prove dangerous In the
exercise of it. 1t undertakes to say
that the game is the property of the
state the taking of which was a
privilege. 1t lays foundation next
to collect tax for this privilege.
TIE bill passed-ayes Is, noes 8.
Senate bill No. SO, bill to regu.
late jury trials in certain cases.
The bill makes it the duty of the
court to try civil cases without a
jury unless the litigants make a
formal demand for jury at the be
ginning of the term of the court.
Senator j. f. Williams indorsed
the bill in its present form. He
showed that 1t will save vast
amount of the current expenses OF
the circuit court.
The bill passed-ayes "a, noes 2.
Senate bill No. 27, bill to amend
chapter No. 131 of Mansfield 8
Digest and provide for road tax,
was read third time.
The bill failed to passages II,
uoes 7. The constitution requires a
two thirds vote to pass such bill.
THE HOUSE.
House bill providing for the en-
forcement of the three-mile liquor
law around Waldron high school was
read the last time and passed.
Mr.. Hughes called up the motion
made by Mr.. Macon to reconsider
the vote by which the house refus-
ed to seat Mr.. Barnett in the Bar
nett Foster contest, and moved to
lay that motion on the table.
Mr.. Macon thought the gentleman
was taking an unfair snap judgment
in the matter.
The motion to table was carried.
The Russellville Democrat., 1887-02-23
HOUSE.

After the reading of the journal
the special order, house bill requlr-
ing railroads to fence their tracks,
was taken up, read the third time
and passed ayes 70, noes A.
House bill changing the time fol
assessment Of property from Febru-
ary to June was taken up, read the
third time and passed--ayes 81,
noes s.
House bill to give effect to the con
stitutional provision against usury
was read the third time. 1t provides
that every lien created, if arising by
mortgage, deed or trust, or other
wise, on real or personal property,
to secure the payment OF contract
for greater rate of interest than l0
per centum per annum, and every
conveyance made in furtherance ol
any such lien is void; and that the
maker of usurious contract may
have such lien annulled and can
celled.
After some discussion the bill
passed--ayes 6S, noes 2.
House bill No. 157 to provide for
the collection of back taxes from
corporations in the state and vas
taken up under the suspension Of
the rules and read the third time.
Upon the call of the roll the bill
passed-ayes Ga, noes none.
TUESDAY. Feb. Is.
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Correspondence Of the Democrat
DRANE, Ma ,arro Co, Texas, Feb.
Having been silent for some
time, / thought 1t would not, per-
haps, be emiss to ask ittle space
in your paper. Messrs. j. r. Rich
ardson, w. +, Kinslow and w. +.
Bruton, all OF Appleton, Pope Co,
The Russellville Democrat., 1887-02-23
CORRESPONDENCE.
1ondence Of the Democrat.

correspondence OF the Democrat.
FUTILE, Worth Co., Iowa, Feb. 10.
AS | am living in northern Iowa,
| will send you few items for your
paper, to let you know how the Iowa
weather is up here. Our winter set
in on the 10th Of November with a
snow storm and three days blizzard,
and have had sleighing ever since,
and we have had what we call an
open winter for Iowa, as we are used
to having hard winters and plenty OF
snow storms, it has not been so but
what we could go with teams any
place we wanted to travel this winter,
although we have had some very
cold days, 40 degrees below zero,
that we call cold days, when 1T is 4O
below.
We commence our springs work
up here from the 10Th to the goth OF
April. | think we have a very fine
country up here, our land lies fine,
slopes to the south, and have good
water. Our country is prairie, we
nave no blihbSi OhiJ VA bhp Shiot'
streams and very little OF that, the
old settlers taken all the timber be-
fore the country was settled very
much. We burn coal here, it is
cheaper for us than wood, wood 81 90
per cord, coal $400 per ton. that is
soft coal, hard coal $3.50 per ton.
Our markets are not as good as they
should be; oats 23 cts. per bushei,
corn SO cts. per bushel, hogs 1915
to $500 per hundred, wheat 80 to 65
cts. per bushel, no sale for cattle.
We feed our stock from the 10th OF
October TO the 10Th of May, which
makes us seven months To feed out
OF year. 1t is easier for us TO feed
7 months up here than 1t is for some
other states TO feed months. The
reason why ! say so is because oul
farms are larger and more in a body,
and il does not take so much labor
to raise il, one team can tend l0C
acres Of land, 40 OF corn, go of small
grain, when we harvest our small
grain we cut from 10 TO Is acres pei
day with our binders, and can ge,
through our harvest easy.
will close by saying hope tins
will not offend any one who NAV read
this. FRANK HAMBY.
The Russellville Democrat., 1887-02-23
Going to Arkansas.
Colman's Rural World.

In our last issue an exceptionally
well informed correspondent writing
of the necessity for concentrated eff
fort to extend the sphere Of useful
ness of the Missouri State Horticul-
tural Society made the following
pregnant point:
II am IN a position to know that a
great many practical fruit growers,
in the more Eastern States, and
many others who are anxious to en-
gage in the business are looking to
wards the West and South as more
inviting fields for their calling.
Scarcely month passes that | do
not have call from one or more
such people who ask my advice, as
TO the best place to locate, and may
add that three-fourths of them be-
fore reaching here regard Arkansas
with the greatest favor, and mainly
because of the fruit displays she has
made at so many State and National
meetings OF fruit growers; and in
all these movements her exhibitors
have been backed by the State
Upon investigation we find that
what he says is not only strictly true,
but true to much greater extent
than we had been led to realize. The
fact is that the people of nearly ev-
cry State in the Union are looking
to Arkansas as future home and
are making extensive enquiries as to
soils, timber, crops raised, fruits pro
duced, healtnfulness, society and So
cial advantages generally, and they
find both the State and the people
both able and willing to give them
all the information they need.
Directing our enquiries to Hon.
Thos. Essex, Land Commissioner at
Little Rock, Ark. as to the extent of
this tide of immigration, we are by
him informed that during the months
Of December and January, he receiv-
ed applications for information,
maps, railroad lines, ETC., IN the
numbers and from the States set
forth as follows:
From Maine, 10; New Jersey, ID;
Connecticut, 6; Indiana, So; Illinois,
200; Kansas, 270, Kentucky, Al !;
Virginia, 81; Mississippi, is; North
Carolina, II; Maryland, -; Wash.
Territory, 3, Oregon, Q; Massachu
setts, 8; New York, 10; Pennsylva-
MIA, 80; Michigan, 10l, Missouri,
1877; Minnesota, 27: Tennessee, 35;
West Virginia, 30; Georgia, 10;
South Carolina, 5; Colorado, IL;
Texas, 80; New Mexico. /; New
Hampshire, 3; Vermont, A; Ohio,
1872; Wisconsin, 50, Nebraska, 149; /;
iowa, 23l; Dakota, III; Alabama,
Is; Delaware, Z; Florida, 4; Louisi-
ana, A; California, a; Utah Territory,
/; Ontario, 6. Total, 20l4.
And he adds that the enquiries
continue to come in during the cur
rent month in equal, If not greater
numbers.
II this demonstrate any one thing
it is that the people are awakening
to the fact that Arkansas possesses
soil, climate and desirable home
for the thousands of farmers who are
from any cause dissatisfied where
they are, and who would possess a
farm and make themselves a home
in that genial climate with the most
fertile soil in America; where tim
ber is abundant, where the grasses
and the grains grow luxuriantly and
all the fruits in the richest abund
ance; where tobacco can be grown
of as fine quality as in Cuba, where
cotton does as well as in any State
in America and where water of the
rarest purity is found in abundance.
The Russellville Democrat., 1887-02-23
SENATE.

House bill No 302, bill to define
lawful fence in certain localities.
Read third time.
The bill passed-ayes 81, noes s..
House concurrent resolution No.
II providing for JOINT committee
to consider all proposed amendments
to the constitution. Adopted.
Senate bill No. 81. bill to repeal
the occupation tax feature of the bill
passed In 1885 for the better gov
ernment of cities OF the first class.
Read third time. IL passed 27 to /.
Senate bill No. 80 a bill to pre-
vent incum brances on homesteads.
Read third time
Senator Thompson explained that
the bill proposes to make the consti-
tutional exemption of homestead a
real exemption by removing the
right to mortgage it. The judiciary
committee had reported tie bill ad
yersely. The committee must have
had one Of two reasons for doing so
either as constitutional reason or
as matter of policy. He asked
some one of the committe to explain.
Senator Simmons stated that he
was not lawyer nor did he belong
to the judiciary committee, but he
had a number OF letters from his
constituency urging the defeat of
this bill. He made long speech
against the bill.
Senator Cazort opposed the bill
because it uses the language on the
subject found in the constitution Of
1868. He thought the trainers of
the constitution of 1874 would have
used it had they thought it advisa
BILE. He also argued that ali persons
should be allowed to do as he wishes
with that which is his own.
The bill failed to pass. Ayes q;
noes %.
House bill changing the districts
in Craighead county was read the
last time and passed.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. l6.
SENATE.
Senate bill No. 297, bill to pre-
vent unjust determinations on rall-
roads, was taken up.
Senator Cazort offered to amend
10y striking out the proviso permit
ting railroads to compete with
rivers at points where the Two come
in direct competition.
Senator Fletcher opposed the
amendment and urged the senate TO
pass the bill as it is.
Senator Baxter urged the senate
not TO adopt the amendment. The
railroad committee had worked long
aud faithfully OF the bill. He did
not believe it could be improved by
any amendment.
Senator Cazort spoke in favor Of
his amendment, showing that he
offered it 10 good faith believing
that the bill would be unconstitu-
tional If passed with the proviso in
\ It,
A number Of other amendments
were offered and discussed
Senator Pettigrew suggested that
/ further discussion of the bill post
poned until its friends learn some
thing about IT.
Senator Crandall moved to post
pone further consideration Of the
The Russellville Democrat., 1887-02-23

A doctor in Nashville gave the
folloging prescription for sick lady,
suffering with neuralgia: "a new
bonnet, a cashmere shawl, a pair of
gaiter boots, and bottle of Saliva
ton Oil" The lady recovered i'm
medlately, and earnestly recommends
the Salvation Oil to every one. 1t
is sold at all drug stores for 20 cents
a bottle.
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T b. MoSELEY, NJ. D.,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
RUsSELLvILLE, ,.......... ARK.
Can be found nc residence of j. A. Moseley
Democrats 9th Distribution.

The management of the DEMOCRAT is deter
mined 10 spare neither labor or expense to
make the paper the medium through which the
people of Pope and adjoining counties can re-
ceive the latest and most reliable information
Of current events as they transpire az
home and abroad. The management
truly appreciates the patronage
and kindwords heretofore extended by thepeo
pie to the DEMOCRAT, and hopes to merit con
tinuance Of the same. Now. in order to show
our appreciation of this good will, aud, at the
same time extend the circulation Of the paper
as much as possible, and make 1t welcome
visitor to every home, we propose TO give back
TO subscribers portion of the money received,
not TO every subscriber, but to arrange II so
that each one VIII have an equal chance TO Sc
cure valuable prize. With this idea we have
arranged our NTH annual drawing 60 take
place on Saturday the 10Th day OF March 1881.
Each subscriber who renews his subscription
and pays one Dollar viii receive in addition 20
the paper the present Of numbered receipt,
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Tie list Of prizes viii he found below. and we
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each ticket holder has equal chance and
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paper. The drawing will be conducted by
JUDGES chosen by the ticket holders thus in
snring strict impartiality. Bear In mind this
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Two great enemies-Hood's Sar-
saparilla and impure blood. The
latter is utterly defeated by the pc
culiar medicine. For sale by w. G.
Weimer.
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NOTICE FoR PUBLICATION.

Landonice at Dardanelie, Ark, Reb. ~, 1881,
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has flied notice OF her intention
to make final proof in support of her claim,
and that said proof VIII be made before the
County Judge at Dover, Ark, on March 10.
1884, viz:
-- Freeman, widow Of Thomas NJ. Freeman,
H'd entry No. II, ,48i, for the u W u sec 6
TIP II n aud W sec 81 TIP IL 10 west.
She names the following witnesses to prove
her continuous residence upon, and cultivation
of, said land, viz:
Mart standridge, VIM Branch, NJ. D. Free
man and DELPHI Cantrell, of Freeman, Pope
county, Arkansas.
inch -23-5t A, q. LEMlNG, Register
The Russellville Democrat., 1887-02-23

rgs to Little Rock, last week, which
e bought from our merchants.
Mr.. Wood Bonds was a welcome
isitor this week.
Several of the patrons and friends
the Appleton school, witnessed
be closing exercises, which took
lace last Tuesday.
Mr.. X. L. Lawrence, one OF our
thool bows, has gone to Caglesyille !
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DISCORD In THE CABINET.
SECRETARY BAYARD AND ATT ORNEY
GENERAL GARLAND AT VARIANCE.
The Question Is which is the Thicker
skinned and Can stand 1t the Longer
The Trouble About Lawton's Eligi-
bility and the Seal Fisheries.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.-The Star says
that Secretary Bayard and Attorney Gen
eral Garland are at loggerheads on the
Alaska seal fishery question, and If Mr..
3ayard's views are not sustained by the
president he will resign. Secretary Bay
ard has twice within "a few weeks author
lied the statement that the state depart
ment has neither denied nor affirmed the
the doctrine of jurisdiction over Alaskan
waters that, so long as the law
stands, it is for Congress to act or
the Supreme Court of the United States
to construe it. AS there was no other
course, in the opinion of Mr.. Bayard, for
the department of justice to pursue than
was followed the probability Of President
Cleveland being called upon to act as
referee III legal set-to between the secre-
tary of state and the attorney general is
even more remote than Alaska is from
Washington If contempt, however, for
the legal views of the attorney general
could ever have caused Mr.. Bayard TO
leave the cabinet, it is understood it
would have been over two years ago,
when he gave an opinion as to the eligibil-
ity of Mr.. Lawton to be minister to Rus
STA. AS President Cleveland however,
approved that opinion, the secretary of
state has never deemed it advisable to
raise an unnecessary issue. The attor-
ney general, it is said, in turn cordially
reciprocates the feelings entertained for
him by the head of the State department.
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FOREIGN NOTES.

Emperor William has gone to Wernig
erode to hunt on the estates of Count NO1
Stobberg.
Returns of the election for deputies il
SaXony shows the next Chamber of De
puties will be composed of Al conserva-
lives, II nationalists, Il progressists,
socialists. According TO the Dresden
journal (otficia) the socialists po!led r.
116 votes against 247l in 1881.
Minister of War Ferrou has 'nted to
reduction of the war estlluates by
10S0,0O0 francs. The budget reduction
aggregates 100000.
Recent investigations have brought to
light the fact that 1000 school children Of
Vienna are starving. Measures have beer
taken for their immediate relief.
Mr.. Ponsonby, after negotiations with
Father Keller, has offered his trrdnts q
reduction of 35 per cent and the tncella
ton of their arrears provided th-t pay Is
months rent. They will probably &C
cept.
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ON LAND AND WATER.
COLLISION ON THE RICHMOND AND
DANVlLLE ROAD-TWO KILLED.
Twenty-six Passengers Injured in an Acc
cident on the Chesapeake and ohio
-35 Drowned in the Wreck of
the Cheviot-Floods in Cuba.

ATLANTA, Ga, Oct. 20.-A passenger
and freight train collided this morning on
the Richmand and Danville railroad near
Greer's station. Robert Ward, engineer
of the passenger train and Mrs. Ham Nc
Donald of Asheville, n. c., were killed
and 10 others seriously wounded. The
cause was the freight train was not side
tracked to let the passenger train pass.
Engineer Harriss and Conductor Reville
of the freight train have disappeared.
A Serious Accident on the Chesapeake
and Ohio.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Oct. 20-A defec-
tive switch threw the fast expires of the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad from the
track this noon and &c were injured, sew
eral seriously. The fires had gone out in
the stoves or the loss of life would have
been great.
Thirty-five Persons Drowned in the Che
viot Wreck.
MELBOURNE, Oct. 20.-Thirty- five per-
sons were drowned when the Cheviot was
wrecked.
Severe Floods in Cuba.
HAVANA, Oct 2O-Numerous springs
have appeared in the district of Rogue
formed several lakes which gradually
uniting inundated the village of Rogue.
Many persons are homeless and the floods
are increasing.
Steamer Burned at Sea.
WILMINGTON, N c., Oct 20.-The
steamer Regulator of the Clyde line from
New Yoak to this city is burned. The
vessel and cargo is total loss.
A Maine Schooner Burned in IA Newfound-
land Harbor.
CALAIS, Me-, Oct. 33.-The British bark
Bessie Simpson, Capt. Bradford, master,
owned by James Murchie g. Son, was to-
tally destroyed by fire at Harbor De
Grace, n. f.
The Ontario Safe.
DETROIT, Oct. 23.-The steamer On
tario, reported blown up, is safe in dry
dock.
The Allegheny Safe.
CHATHAM, Mass, Oct. 23.-The disabled
steamer Allegheny started for Boston to-
day with tae most of her cargo
A Schooner Sunk in Collision.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., Oct. 23,-The fishing
schooner Maud Gertrude of Gloucester
was struck by the tug w. E. Gladstone in
the river this evening and sunk in two
minutes. The crew were saved.
Two Men Injured by an Exploding Boiler.
NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-While the steam
launch Mary was being prepar d for win
ter quarters this afternoon her boiler
blew up, instantly killing John and Pat
rick Cunningham, severely injurng
James Cunningham and blowing Carl
Schundtke, part owner, into the river
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TOO MUCH SPECIALIZING
Great Suffering Caused by the Collapse of
Many wild cat Iron Mines.

MILWAUKEE, Oct. 2O.-The announce
ment every few days of some mining en-
terprise iu the mushroom Gogebic iron le
gion calls attention to the fact that things
are in fearful condition on the range,
Last year about 100 companies were or
ganized, with a capital of over S200,00O,000
to find or operate iron mines on the Goge
bic range. There are about 10 good mines
on this particular range that have iron in
paying quantities. Several of them are
large producers of the hematite ore The
other 80 organizations were many of them
started solely for the purpose of selling
stock during the excitement. A good
many others had good intentions, and spent
vast sums of money trying to ma ore.
The per cent that succeed has been very
small The result has been that all of the
wildcat concerns have "busted" during
the past six months, and some of the
mines with good prospects have been car
ried down with the worthless ones.
Stocks that sold for s. and s6 share last
spring are now daily offered for 20 and %
cents a share with in most cases no takers